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  • Haunting the Buddha

    Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism

    by Robert DeCaroli ...
    Early European histories of India frequently reflected colonialist agendas. The idea that Indian society had declined from an earlier Golden Age helped justify the colonial presence. It was said, for example, that modern Buddhism had fallen away from its original identity as a purely rational philosophy that arose in the mythical 5th-century BCE Golden Age unsullied by the religious and cultural ... Read more

    $137.99 CAD

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  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo

    by Chogyam Trungpa, Francesca Fremantle ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism—traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation—death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of mind. This translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to the living. The insightful commentary by Chögyam Trungpa, written in ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Hooked!

    Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume

    Edited by Stephanie Kaza ...
    At one time or another, most of us have experienced an all-consuming desire for a material object, a desire so strong that it seems like we couldn't possibly be happy without buying this thing. Yet, when we give in to this impulse, we often find ourselves feeling frustrated and empty. Advertisers, of course, aim to hook us in this way, and, from a global perspective, our tendency to get hooked ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Feeling Wisdom

    Working with Emotions Using Buddhist Teachings and Western Psychology

    by Rob Preece ...
    The realm of emotion is one of those areas where Buddhism and Western psychology are often thought to be at odds: Are emotions to be valued, examined, worked with as signs leading us to deeper self-knowledge? Or are they something to be ignored and avoided as soon as we recognize them? Rob Preece feels that neither of those extremes is correct. He charts a path through the emotions as they relate ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • There's More to Dying than Death

    by Lama Shenpen Hookham ...
    There's More to Dying Than Death draws on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of positively preparing for death throughout one's life. Lama Shenpen Hookham offers Westerners like herself a warm, readable and heartfelt exposition on the issues that surround death and caring for the dying, including: how meditation helps us understand death; the stages of death and rebirth; how the living can help the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Theravada Buddhism

    Continuity, Diversity, and Identity

    by Kate Crosby ...
    Series series Wiley-Blackwell Guides to Buddhism
    Theravada Buddhism provides a comprehensive introductory overview of the history, teachings, and current practice of an often misunderstood form of one of the world’s oldest religious traditions.Explores Theravada Buddhism’s origins, evolution, teachings, and practicesConsiders the practice of Theravada beyond Sri Lanka and Thailand, by exploring a wealth of material from countries including ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Meditation for Everyone

    A 12 Step Guide

    by Bernard Vorster ...
    Meditation for Everyone is a beautifully clear and concise guide to what meditation can do for you, how to begin and what to expect. Written by a wise, compassionate and experienced teacher, the book covers the seven points of mindfulness, the seven steps of meditation posture and twelve specific meditations including: Calm abiding, Sense, Walking, Mantra, insight, Gratitude, and Loving kindness. ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zig Zag Zen

    Buddhism and Psychedelics (New Edition)

    by Allan Badiner ...
    Buddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. This new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics has evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first inquiry into the ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations at the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics. A provocative and thoughtful exploration of inner states and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Art & Visual Culture 1600-1850: Academy to Avant-Garde

    Edited by Emma Barker ...
    An innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey, the volumes approach the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting, sculpture and architecture, it also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Time to Stand Up

    An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth -- The Buddha's Life and Message through Feminine Eyes

    by Thanissara ...
    Series Book 11 - Sacred Activism
    Time to Stand Up retells the story of the historical Buddha, one of the greatest sacred activists of all time, as a practical human being whose teachings of freedom from suffering are more relevant than ever in this time of global peril. Evolving onward from the patriarchal template of spiritual warriors and their quests, former nun Thanissara explores awakening from within a feminine view where ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Claude Lorrain and artworks

    by Sergei Daniel ...
    Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain was neither a great man nor a lofty spirit like Poussin. His genius cannot, however, be denied and he was, like Poussin, a profoundly original inventor within the limitations of a classical ideal. He too spent most of his life in Rome though the art he created was not specifically Italian, but French. For more than two centuries afterwards everyone in France ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Art History

    A Subject in Transition. Computers and the History of Art Series, Volume 1

    by Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, Trish Cashen, Hazel Gardiner ...
    Series series Computers and the History of Art
    This book looks at the transformation that Art and Art history is undergoing through engagement with the digital revolution. Since its initiation in 1985, CHArt (Computers and the History of Art) has set out to promote interaction between the rapidly developing new Information Technology and the study and practice of Art. It has become increasingly clear in recent years that this interaction has ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD